Nannie Haskins diary entry describing her social engagements during the Civil War in Clarksville. Haskins briefly mentions 4000 union refugees arriving in Clarksville from East Tennessee which she charaterizes as, "Mostly union cowards." She aslo...

Richmond fell on the 4th. General Lee surrendered on the 9th. Abraham Lincoln was shot on the 14th. Booth was the murdereer. These great events made April of 1865 the greatest of the war. At the Episcopal Church on Easter Mr. Ringgold & a lady...

Gen. Jo. E. Johnson has surrendered. The assassin of Lincoln, Booth, is reported as killed. Dick Johnson, Polk Johnson, Billy Green, William Daniel, Bob Moore and several have been parolled and have returned home. Brother not home as yet.

Soldiers are still coming home. However, the family has not heard from Brother. All commands have surrendered except Kirby Smith [he surrenders on May 26, 1865]. Nannie bemoaned the loss of the Confederacy. She declared that Davis had made some...

Excerpts from a diary, 1834-1865, and memoir of early life, written by Jesse Cox (1793-1879), a Primitive Baptist minister and resident of Williamson County, Tennessee. He describes the hardships of life as an itinerant preacher, some religious...

Lucy Virginia writes of fires on the mountains all around and that at night the fires look like a marching army. She had a note from Mollie about the high cost of items such as butter $4 or $5 a pound and so on. She next writes that Longstreet has...

Letter from Mary Guthrie Latta to her husband, Samuel R. Latta, dated August 19, 1861. Although she has hoped that Samuel Latta's unit would be ordered into retreat in Tennessee, they have instead been ordered to New Madrid, Missouri.

LVF & Puss must do everything such as milking, making beds, setting tables, cleaning and ironing. Mollie is giving concern with her behavior. LVF's Aunt Martha wants to come to the family in the fall. As they have no conveniences LVF does not know...

A colored print P.S. Dural Litha. Philadelphia. Original Painting by Birch. Shows three ships on dark waters and under cloudy sky. There is light and smoke around the ships from gunfire. Additional information on back of print. "Capture of...